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Michael Rafa

Examiner (ID: 7734)

Most Active Art Unit
3309
Art Unit(s)
3309, 3306
Total Applications
310
Issued Applications
253
Pending Applications
1
Abandoned Applications
56

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
Array ( [id] => 5520450 [patent_doc_number] => 20090028431 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-01-29 [patent_title] => 'COLOR ADJUSTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLOR ADJUSTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/055357 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 12 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 7638 [patent_no_of_claims] => 15 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 4 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0028/20090028431.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12055357 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/055357
COLOR ADJUSTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLOR ADJUSTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Mar 25, 2008 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 4718039 [patent_doc_number] => 20080240561 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-10-02 [patent_title] => 'IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/056015 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-26 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 6810 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0240/20080240561.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12056015 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/056015
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Mar 25, 2008 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 4777877 [patent_doc_number] => 20080285875 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-11-20 [patent_title] => 'IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/054721 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 17 [patent_figures_cnt] => 17 [patent_no_of_words] => 6241 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0285/20080285875.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12054721 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/054721
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM Mar 24, 2008 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8031817 [patent_doc_number] => 08144999 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-03-27 [patent_title] => 'Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus and control methods thereof with data conversion' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/054815 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-25 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 14 [patent_no_of_words] => 10256 [patent_no_of_claims] => 14 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 185 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/144/08144999.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12054815 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/054815
Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus and control methods thereof with data conversion Mar 24, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8020743 [patent_doc_number] => 08139880 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-03-20 [patent_title] => 'Lifting-based directional lapped transforms' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/054043 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 7875 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 205 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/139/08139880.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12054043 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/054043
Lifting-based directional lapped transforms Mar 23, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5403162 [patent_doc_number] => 20090238476 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-09-24 [patent_title] => 'Spectral information recovery for compressed image restoration' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/054363 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 7 [patent_figures_cnt] => 7 [patent_no_of_words] => 5292 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0238/20090238476.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12054363 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/054363
Spectral information recovery for compressed image restoration with nonlinear partial differential equation regularization Mar 23, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8593835 [patent_doc_number] => 08351714 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2013-01-08 [patent_title] => 'Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium storing program therefor' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/076624 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 27 [patent_no_of_words] => 3798 [patent_no_of_claims] => 7 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 104 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12076624 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/076624
Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium storing program therefor Mar 19, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 8205799 [patent_doc_number] => 08189936 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-05-29 [patent_title] => 'Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium storing program to encode data blocks based on feature indices' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/076622 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-20 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 3718 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 232 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/189/08189936.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12076622 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/076622
Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium storing program to encode data blocks based on feature indices Mar 19, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 5270514 [patent_doc_number] => 20090074290 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2009-03-19 [patent_title] => 'Method, medium, and system adjusting predicted values based on color with image compressing/recovering' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/076549 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 8915 [patent_no_of_claims] => 32 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 12 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0074/20090074290.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12076549 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/076549
Method, medium and system adjusting predicted values based on similarities between color values for image compressing/recovering Mar 18, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4718036 [patent_doc_number] => 20080240558 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-10-02 [patent_title] => 'Method of automated image color calibration' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/077659 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 5833 [patent_no_of_claims] => 3 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0240/20080240558.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12077659 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/077659
Method of automated image color calibration Mar 18, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 4630994 [patent_doc_number] => 08009902 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2011-08-30 [patent_title] => 'Image processing apparatus and method for detecting a background color based on data chrominance distribution' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/050763 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 9 [patent_no_of_words] => 9404 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 189 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/009/08009902.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12050763 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/050763
Image processing apparatus and method for detecting a background color based on data chrominance distribution Mar 17, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 7716266 [patent_doc_number] => 08094935 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-01-10 [patent_title] => 'Representative color extracting method and apparatus based on human color sense and data histogram distributions' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/050270 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2008-03-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 5 [patent_figures_cnt] => 6 [patent_no_of_words] => 5112 [patent_no_of_claims] => 10 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 170 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] => patents/08/094/08094935.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12050270 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/050270
Representative color extracting method and apparatus based on human color sense and data histogram distributions Mar 17, 2008 Issued
Array ( [id] => 6312356 [patent_doc_number] => 20100111432 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2010-05-06 [patent_title] => 'Device and Method for Coding a Transformation Coefficient Block' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/521276 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-12-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 11 [patent_figures_cnt] => 11 [patent_no_of_words] => 24138 [patent_no_of_claims] => 40 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 8 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0111/20100111432.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12521276 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/521276
Device and Method for Coding a Transformation Coefficient Block Dec 9, 2007 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 8471776 [patent_doc_number] => 08300966 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2012-10-30 [patent_title] => 'Image signal encoding method and decoding method, information source encoding method and decoding method, apparatuses therefor, programs therefor, and storage media which store the programs to process gaussian integer signal' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 12/446818 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-11-08 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 14 [patent_figures_cnt] => 21 [patent_no_of_words] => 8971 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 6 [patent_words_short_claim] => 128 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 12446818 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
12/446818
Image signal encoding method and decoding method, information source encoding method and decoding method, apparatuses therefor, programs therefor, and storage media which store the programs to process gaussian integer signal Nov 7, 2007 Issued
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11/874991
METHOD FOR COMPRESSION OF IMAGE DATA Oct 18, 2007 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 4914854 [patent_doc_number] => 20080095454 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2008-04-24 [patent_title] => 'IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF' [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 11/874214 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2007-10-18 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3632 [patent_no_of_claims] => 16 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 0 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] => publications/A1/0095/20080095454.pdf [firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 11874214 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
11/874214
Image encoding/decoding device and method thereof with data blocks in a determined order Oct 17, 2007 Issued
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11/874217
METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION ACCORDING TO SELECTED PATTERNS AND RELATED COMPUTER SYSTEM Oct 17, 2007 Abandoned
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11/874331
Method and device for encoding image data with a predetermined compression rate in one pass Oct 17, 2007 Issued
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11/873757
Image generation based on a plurality of overlapped swathes Oct 16, 2007 Issued
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11/873438
HISTOGRAM EQUALIZER AND HISTOGRAM EQUALIZATION METHOD Oct 16, 2007 Abandoned
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